An Honorable Leadership Honor is one of the main underlying themes in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, a tragic play that explains, through Brutus" conflict with himself and with other main characters, that the end does not justify the means. ... Brutus soon forms a raw decision based on the given facts, but he does not make a shady one. ... "I then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?".....

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This quote by Louis Aragon from his poem "Preface to a Modern Mythology," emphasizes the fact that when one observes something in contrast to its opposite, it exaggerates the characteristics of both. ... Throughout Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Cassius are shown to be foils to one another when Brutus is displayed as noble, while Cassius is displayed as manipulative. ... This is very manipulative of Cassius because he is using the fact that even though Brutus loves Caesar and is very loyal to him, that if the people wanted him and not Caesar, then Brutus sh...

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After reading "A Brief Guide to Police History", I chose the workings of Augustus Caesar as the most significant contribution to the development of policing. ... After his uncle Julius was killed, Augustus swore that he would get revenge, and made it his duty to reform the Roman Society. ... What I noticed was that Caesar took great care in making sure that the city (and ultimately himself) was protected at all hours. ... In "Legacy and Reform", I guess Caesar had them build streets and buildings and the like. I also found out that some of the great things that Caesar has done are "up...

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He wrote his play mostly based upon some historical facts, which helps forming the genre of the play. ... Antony is now much older than he was in the period of Julius Caesar and although he was a good politician and an experienced commander, his qualifications seem to vanish now. ... Despite the fact that he seems to have power in every area in life, he demonstrates a great weakness in his love affair with Cleopatra that he gradually has prepared his own end. ... After Antony's death, Caesar takes Cleopatra prisoner for the benefits for his political career however, since she learns abou...

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